Mitten or glove.



PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

W. GERHARD. MITTEN 0R GLOVE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6. 1904\ MRI/Mp.

WILLIAM GERHARD, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

'lVllTTEN OR GLOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed December 5, 1904. Serial No. 235,538.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GERHARD, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mittens or Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gloves or mittens; and it pertains more especially to the peculiar construction and arrangement of the connecting-piece which is interposed between the hand of the glove or mitten and the wristband, whereby the wristband may be made to closely fit the wrist of the wearer throughout its entire length and width and whereby cold air is prevented from entering the mitten or glove beneath the band, while owing to the extreme flexibility of the connecting-piece located between such parts it permits of the free movement of the hand of the wearer in all directions without moving or loosening the wristband or cramping or chafing the wrist, and the mitten is for such reason not only much warmer than it would otherwise be, but the wearer may use his hands with much greater ease and freedom than he otherwise could, and the mittens or gloves thus formed are worn with much greater comfort.

The construction of my invention is explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front view of a mitten provided with my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a detail showing a section of the wristband and a portion of the hand of a mitten connected together.

Like parts are identified by the same reference-letters in both views.

A represents the hand of the mitten, and B the wristband. The hand A and wristband B may be formed of thick heavy material lined in the ordinary manner when they are secured together by a thin flexible connecting-piece C, which is interposed between the hand A and the wristband B, converging from the hand toward the wristband, whereby the wristband B is permitted to closely fit around the wrist of the wearer, while owing to the fact that the connecting-piece C is made of thin flexible material it does not in any manner whatever interfere with the free movement of the hand or wrist of the wearer.

The wristband B is provided with a fastening-cord F and a cord-retaining button E, whereby the wristband may be securely held around the wrist.

The flexible piece C is preferably provided with an angular slit G, which permits of the free passage of the hand to and from the glove or mitten, said piece C being of substantially uniform width throughout its entire length around the wrist, and the same is connected with the hand A and the wristband B of the mitten by a series of stitches in the ordinary manner.

The contiguous ends of the wristband B and the converging strip or piece C are preferably made so as to overlap each other, as indicated by dotted lines, whereby cold air is prevented from entering the mitten between such parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a glove or mitten, in combination, a hand portion, a divided wristband spaced therefrom and having its ends normally overlapping and provided with fastening means for detachably holding said band closely contracted around the wrist, and a divided flexible connecting-piece interposed between the hand portion and wristband and extending completely around the wrist and having its ends normally overlapping, whereby the connecting-piece contracts and opens with the wristband, substantially as described.

2. In a glove or mitten, in combination, a hand portion, a divided wristband adapted to closely embrace the wrist, fastening means for said band, and a flexible connecting-piece secured to and interposed between said hand portion and said wristband and extending completely around the wrist and forming a neck from said hand portion to said wristband, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

IVILLIAM GERHARD.

Witnesses:

JAS. B. ERWIN, NELLIE Z. TAUGHER. 

